10 worst places to live in UK

[wc2]

No 7 is a great place to live !!

cheap housing - plenty of single mothers... some with only 2 or 3 kids !!

They are few and far between - In this neck woods these real catches are classed as virgins.

House prices in this area over the past 12 months have gone up by 55% the average house there is about 60k.

I have about 10 clients in this place and can honestly say.. It's not that bad.

[Alf W]

What a load of old bollocks this is if Swindon doesn't feature. Plus, no Liverpool either?

[wc2]

We are talking of Blaenau Gwent, wc2?

The air up there is so rarified you must have got mountain sickness or something...

Yes, The air is a little thin, There's also a sign post which reads "there be monsters here" - That's just the women.

[vetran]

What a load of old bollocks this is if Swindon doesn't feature. Plus, no Liverpool either?

Or Hayes

[sunnysan]

Bristol

Whats wrong with Bristol?

Its not that bad.

[cojak]

Working close to Reading, even I have to say that Nottingam is better (definately for shopping and beer).

But a a Nottingham resident, your chances of getting your car vandalised/pinched and being mugged on the way home from the pub are getting greater be the day...

[Bagpuss]

Working close to Reading, even I have to say that Nottingam is better (definately for shopping and beer).

But a a Nottingham resident, your chances of getting your car vandalised/pinched and being mugged on the way home from the pub are getting greater be the day...

They weighted it far too heavily on crime. It's true nottinghamshire is pretty bad for burlgary. But muggings and gun crime are confined to the certain areas. I rented near one, and it's not as bad as the rough areas in the bigger cities. If drugs dealers are shooting drugs dealers why does that make life worse for none drugs dealers?

I'd say if you're under 50 nottingham is one of the better places to live in the UK def top 20.

Now wembley/brent didn't get a mention at all, despite their being murders in very public places,numerous rapes and burglaries for example my mates house being burgled 3 times in 18 months mind you this is probably recorded as one offence.


It's OK for 29 year old kirsty to look at some stats (lets face it in many places people dont bother reporting crime) and tell us where to live without actually ever living outside her little affluent part of the UK.

They should have asked contractors!

[Francko]

One thing we all agree. Hull is hell.

[zathras]

According to channel 4

1 - Hull
2 - Nottingham
3 - Strabane
4 - Hackney, London
5 - Middlesbrough
6 - Mansfield
7 - Blaenau Gwent, S Wales
8 - Merthyr Tydfil, S Wales
9 - Salford, Gtr Manchester
10 - Easington, County Durham

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Programme seemed a little biased e.g. Hackney did better then it should have because of the impending olympic regeneration.

Well as someone who lives in Hackney I think their criteria is a bit narrow. Within about 10 minutes walk I can be in the square mile, 35 miles from Stanstead 2-3 from the A12, call it another 5 miles to the M11 I've got Tube Stations about 10-15 minutes from me (Liverpool Street and Old Street). I can get to one of the world's leading theatre districts for a measly 80pence - with an Oyster Card.

Another few minutes I can have a very pleasent walk along a canal - The Regents Canal, to a huge park, and forget I'm actually in the center of one of the World's largest cities.

Saturday night and the area around Haggerston is buzzing with a lively night life

My property has more than doubled in value in 8 years, but is still considerably cheaper than down the road in the Square Mile.

However I will grant that the schools in Hackney define the word tulipe. Crime is high in some areas but in 8 years I've never been a victim of it.

[DimPrawn]

How can you put Swindon on a list of worst places to live?

Almost zero crime.
Full employment.
No foreigners (unless you include those from Wootton Bassett).
And 2 pubs.

Fcuking brill